Wasn’t it the Austrian-Jewish-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein who said ‘whereof you cannot speak, thereof you must be silent’? Well I never fully understood Wittgenstein beyond loving his idea that we can prove the existence of other people by the existence…
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Limits
Tagged with: challenging texts, limits, social skills, Stella Duffy, Suzanne Moore
Posted in censorship, criticism, feminism, literature, Poetry, women, Writing
Posted in censorship, criticism, feminism, literature, Poetry, women, Writing
Taking chances
I am quite a cautious person. I like rules. I like to research the rules and then implement them. Teachers love me. But recently I’ve got bored with that and I’ve done a couple of things on instinct. I’ve enjoyed…
Tagged with: literature, Paul Kessling, poetry, private view, reading, time-lapse film, Wantage (not just) Betjeman Literary Festival, writing
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, feedback, film, friendship, Poetry, reading
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, feedback, film, friendship, Poetry, reading
What not to do in Poetry Class
Bollocks. Why do I take these risks? I forget that the stakes are quite high in these places and that it matters, or at least it does to me, how I feel when I go out the door. I’m talking…
Tagged with: Getting it Wrong, kim hyesoon
Posted in creativity, criticism, feedback, feminism, life writing, literature, Poetry, reading, women, Writing
Posted in creativity, criticism, feedback, feminism, life writing, literature, Poetry, reading, women, Writing
Me, Usain Bolt, French tarts and the Olympics of Fear
I have always thought of myself as intrepid. Equal to anything. Resilient. A brilliant bouncer-back. A great survivor. Finding myself unhappily between careers, I picked myself up, dusted myself down and thought I’d try my hand as a patissière. Yes.…
GUEST POST: Lies, damned lies and historical fiction – Matthew Greenwood
This week Matthew Greenwood, author of The Treachery at Nether Stowey, blogs about the nature of historical fiction: “I really enjoyed your historical novel,” someone said to me, “there’s just one thing …” Ah. “So what’s that then?” “It’s NOT…
Really? Where do you stand on artificial implants? My conventional argument
I shouldn’t be writing this. There are many reasons why I shouldn’t be writing this. But among them are the pressing matter of my assignment (due today) and my shockingly under-read brain. But I can’t bear not to. Because the…
Tagged with: Arturo Perez-Reverte, birdsong sebastian faulks, catch 22 joseph heller, jonathan safran foer, realist tradition
Posted in creativity, criticism, literature, narration, reading, Writing, writing novels
Posted in creativity, criticism, literature, narration, reading, Writing, writing novels
The confusing truth about tweedy bottoms with Arturo Perez-Reverte on drugs
One Christmas morning I went to church with my husband and parents-in-law. We all dressed smartly because that’s the tradition of their church. Standpipe had forgotten his suit, or may not then have owned one, so he had borrowed one…
Tagged with: Arturo Perez-Reverte, narrative voice
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, Uncategorized, writing novels
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, Uncategorized, writing novels
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